ENGLISH NOTE 4. " MAKE"
1. MAKE UP. - To complete a number or amount required
He required only one more run to make up a century.
Another hundred members are required to make up a group of thousand.
2. MAKE UP FOR SOMETHING - Compensate
None can make up for the loss of Dr. Alfred who quit our research team.
Ramesh , you had absented many days for the class. You should make it up by attending special classes.
3. MAKE IT UP WITH SOMEBODY - to become friends after a quarrel
It appears that Sharu Khan has now made it up with Aamir Khan.
4. MADE FOR EACH OTHER
The couple , Raju and Gita are made for each other.
It means that the couple are compatible.
5.TO MAKE ...... KM/HR
My car hardly makes 60km / hr.
6.TO MAKE MERRY
Kids make merry during the vacation.
7. TO MAKE AFTER. - TO PROCEED IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION
The detectives made after the suspect nearly a month after the crime was committed.
8. TO MAKE ON ( Chiefly in Pennsylvania ) - to turn on light or fire.
I am going to sleep. Please don't make the light on.
9. MAKE UP - to apply cosmetics
He has made up to look like a King for the play.
Strangely , Clara never likes to make up.
10. MAKE UP TO - flirt with
A veritable Casanova , he tries to make up to every girl whom he meets.
11. MAKE A PLAY FOR - to try to get
The Front National made a play for several seats in the European Parliament .
She makes a play for her friend's brother.
12. MAKE AS IF / THOUGH- to act as if / to pretend
She makes as if to be sick to avoid attending the meeting . Obviously, she is not well prepared.
13. MAKE AWAY WITH - Steal
These boys are not good. They made away with the rare CDs in the library.
14.MAKE AWAY WITH - to kill
The action of the security guards in making away with terrorists before they could attack the Presidential Palace is widely appreciated.
15. MAKE AWAY WITH - to consume , drink or eat completely
Just in two hours, my friends made away with all the whiskey I had.
16. MAKE WATER. - to urinate
This is enough for the time being. The next post will cover rest of the expressions. Then we shall switch over to a new topic.
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1. MAKE UP. - To complete a number or amount required
He required only one more run to make up a century.
Another hundred members are required to make up a group of thousand.
2. MAKE UP FOR SOMETHING - Compensate
None can make up for the loss of Dr. Alfred who quit our research team.
Ramesh , you had absented many days for the class. You should make it up by attending special classes.
3. MAKE IT UP WITH SOMEBODY - to become friends after a quarrel
It appears that Sharu Khan has now made it up with Aamir Khan.
4. MADE FOR EACH OTHER
The couple , Raju and Gita are made for each other.
It means that the couple are compatible.
5.TO MAKE ...... KM/HR
My car hardly makes 60km / hr.
6.TO MAKE MERRY
Kids make merry during the vacation.
7. TO MAKE AFTER. - TO PROCEED IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION
The detectives made after the suspect nearly a month after the crime was committed.
8. TO MAKE ON ( Chiefly in Pennsylvania ) - to turn on light or fire.
I am going to sleep. Please don't make the light on.
9. MAKE UP - to apply cosmetics
He has made up to look like a King for the play.
Strangely , Clara never likes to make up.
10. MAKE UP TO - flirt with
A veritable Casanova , he tries to make up to every girl whom he meets.
11. MAKE A PLAY FOR - to try to get
The Front National made a play for several seats in the European Parliament .
She makes a play for her friend's brother.
12. MAKE AS IF / THOUGH- to act as if / to pretend
She makes as if to be sick to avoid attending the meeting . Obviously, she is not well prepared.
13. MAKE AWAY WITH - Steal
These boys are not good. They made away with the rare CDs in the library.
14.MAKE AWAY WITH - to kill
The action of the security guards in making away with terrorists before they could attack the Presidential Palace is widely appreciated.
15. MAKE AWAY WITH - to consume , drink or eat completely
Just in two hours, my friends made away with all the whiskey I had.
16. MAKE WATER. - to urinate
This is enough for the time being. The next post will cover rest of the expressions. Then we shall switch over to a new topic.
Learners may be interested in my other blogs whose links are given below.
amazingvocabulary. blogspot.com
sayee- straythoughts.blogspot.com
Please subscribe . Leave your comments and suggestions. Tell your friends to visit the blogs.
Sayee Jayaraman
07/02/2015
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